Day: December 2, 2018

Supplied Content The New Zealand Property market has always displayed seasonal trends; winter is cooler, and summer is hotter; so, what is different about this seasonal heat? All the usual main drivers of activity and demand across the market are present. Spring through Summer is when vendors typically like to bring their properties to market and while that is no…

Chris Whelan How do students support themselves financially during study? How does employment during study affect academic performance? Is studying and completing a University degree a worthwhile investment? How long does it take for graduates to get into degree-relevant employment? Are there any patterns in the transition into the workforce? What are the differences in University participation rates between students…

Vanita Prasad (Newsroom) Auckland’s Santa Parade faces an uncertain future as the City’s event Agency withdraws funding past this year because of a new policy. While next week’s 85th instalment of the Annual Parade will go ahead as planned, it is set to make a $100,000 operating loss without the help of eleventh hour financial aid. Despite the support of several commercial sponsors and…

Editorial The Eleventh Annual Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards Presentation Ceremony held on Monday, November 26, 2018 at the Sky City Convention Centre in Auckland was in many ways a trend-setter. The event, which had the good fortune of the presence of political, corporate, business and community leaders, brought to the fore one indisputable factor – that the Indian business…

Thomas Coughlan Wellington, December 3, 2018 Former Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Paul Goldsmith says that he was not aware of bullying allegations made against outgoing Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell. However, he did know about the high staff turnover in her office. Goldsmith reappointed Maxwell for a second term as Commissioner in 2016. ‘All News’ When asked about the Newsroom…

And entrants, entertainers and many others underscore it Venkat Raman Having organised the Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards for eleven years, we take stock with pride and acknowledge that the Project, unique and inimitable as it is, has grown in stature because of a number of unconditional contributors. The most significant among these have been our fiercely Independent Panel of…

Sadhguru, Isha Foundation Question: Sadhguru, you were telling us how one can either come out broken or come out wiser from calamities. Can you elaborate on how sadness can be a means of growth? Sadhguru: Most people do not know what it means for misery to strike in the form of life. But for certain people, when it really strikes,…

Newsroom and RNZ begin new weekly series Gull Image for Newsroom by Grieveson Nikki Mandow and RNZ Auckland, December 3, 2018 New Zealanders are crying out for cheaper petrol. Yet when it’s on offer, most of us don’t take advantage. Elsewhere in this week’s ‘Two Cent’s Worth’ Podcast, the panel of Nikki, Jenee Tibshraeny, Bernard Hickey and Gyles Beckford look…

Supplied Content The Auckland Council voted unanimously on November 27, 2018 to move towards pedestrianising Queen Street and trialling an open streets initiative in the City Centre and suburbs. Mayor Phil Goff said that further pedestrianisation of Queen Street would change Auckland’s main street from a traffic route to a place people can enjoy, and open streets trials would close…

Vanita Prasad (Newsroom) Auckland’s Santa Parade faces an uncertain future as the City’s event Agency withdraws funding past this year because of a new policy. While next week’s 85th instalment of the Annual Parade will go ahead as planned, it is set to make a $100,000 operating loss without the help of eleventh hour financial aid. Despite the support of several commercial sponsors and…